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Sarah Marjory Cunningham�s descendants

It seems appropriate to include in these pages a history of the descendants of Mrs. Sarah Marjory Cunningham, first, because, as a widow, she married Hugh Torrance, and second, her descendants intermarried with the Morelands, who married the Rogers, etc. The Hugh Torrance referred to, was born October 10, 1701, and died July 22, 1784. Their issue will be found in the Torrance chapter, under the descendants of Hugh Torrance, son of Sergeant Hugh Torrence. X01. Sarah Marjory Cunningham¹ surname unknown, according to the Sherrard-Hill branch of her family, married twice. She married, first, about 1730, in Ireland, Barnett Cunningham, who must have died prior to 1743, because his widow, who married Hugh Torrance, had a son by her second marriage in 1744. All of her children were born in Ireland Children of Barnett and Sarah Marjory Cunningham, five:

1. ¶X02.i. Margery Cunningham² married Captain Joseph Huston.
2. ii. William Cunningham² married Margaret Nicholson, and died in 1834.
3. ¶X03. iii. Barnett Cunningham² married Anna Wilson.
4. iv. Ann Cunningham² born 1738; married Robert Clark.
5. v. Jane Cunningham² born 1740; married John Blair.

X02. Margery Cunningham²

Children of Captain Joseph and Margery (Cunningham) Huston, seven:

1. ¶X04. i. William Huston³ married Mary Morrison.
2. ii. John Huston³ born at Peach Bottom, August 1, 1757; married, and lived in Dunbar, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Kentucky. Issue, one:491
   1. 1. Judge John Huston⁴ born January 2, 1793, in Kentucky; removed to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, at the age of nineteen, where he studied law; became a legislator in 1835; Associate Judge in 1844, having been appointed by Governor Shunk.
3. ¶X05. iii. Agnes Huston³ married William Moreland.
4. iv. Joseph Huston³ born July 5, 1763; died March 4, 1834; lived in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He built the first brick house there; was Sheriff of Fayette County, in 1790. His wife was Mary Smilie.
5. v. Sarah Huston³ born February 7, 1766; married a Mr. Nesbit, born February 17, 1766; removed to Kentucky.
6. vi. Margery Huston³
7. ¶X06. vii. Mary Huston³ married William Cunningham.

X03. Barnett Cunningham²

Children of Barnett and Anna (Wilson) Cunningham, ten:

1. i. Johm Cunningham³ Pennsylvania Legislature, 1793-1804.
2. ii. Hugh Cunningham³
   Doug Andrijasevich says:

   I have copies of 10 hand written pages of notes about the Cunningham, Torrance, Chain, and Smith families. The orginals are in the possession of Mabel B. Smith in Montesano WA. Page 10 is signed "Drawn off by Sarah Ann (Cunningham) Bierce, March 12 185X, Delaware, Ohio." For child #2, Hugh Cunningham, on the bottom of page 492 she has listed:

   Hugh Cunningham was born October 18th 1765

   Sarah Chain was born December 29th 1776

   The above parties was married January 10th 1793 by the Rev. James Powers

   And had a son born unto them the 4th January 1794 and called his name William. (William and Ester Sackett were married December 15, 1814 by the Rev. Joseph S. Hughs Paster of D. L&H Congration.)

   An other Son born to them March 8th 1796 and called his name Barnet (Barnett and Mary Eaton were married August 29, 1816 by Rev. M. Brown)

   The had a Daughter born to them April 17th 1794 and called her name Margaret (This is same Margaret that later married Cunningham Torrance, February 28, 1820 by the Rev. Jacob Drake. See page 104.)

   An other Daughter born unto them June 6th 1800 and called her name Mary. (Mary married Elijah Sackette May 6, 1819 by the Rev. Joseph S. Hughs Paster of D. L&H Congration.)

   Also an other Son born unto them July 25 1802 and called his name John (John married Margaret Chain, their daughter Sarah Ann married Alonzo Bierce and is the author of the notes)

   A fourth Son born to them August 5th 1805 and called his name Hugh

   A fifth Son born to them June 10th 1807 and called his name Joseph

   A sixth Son born to them May 18th 1809 and called his name Robert

   A third Daughter born to them June 25th 1811 and called her name Sarah

   Also a Daughter and Son born twins to them July 6th 1813 and called the name of them Daughter Anna. and the name of the son James Willson

   Their Daughter Anna Departed this life aged three weeks wanting one day

   Also two other Sons born to them twins May 30th 1815 The Elder the called Benjamin and the Younger the called David

   Also two other sons born to them twins 11 November 1817 The elder the called Elijah and the Younger the called Elias

3. iii. William Cunningham³ married Mary Huston, born June 3, 1772; died August, 1832. Issue, six. (For issue see No. 6)
4. iv. Joseph Huston Cunningham³ was ordained in Tyrone Township, in 1818, and served faithfully until his death, on April 18, 1858. He married 492 Agnes Huston. Issue, three:
   1. 1. Joseph Huston Cunningham, Jr.⁴
   2. 2. William Cunningham⁴
   3. 3. Barnett Cunningham⁴ Elder; 1843; died July 3, 1877.
5. v. James Cunningham³
6. vi. Benjamin Cunningham³
7. vii. Barnett Cunningham³
8. viii. Sarah Cunningham³ married a Mr. Morian.
9. ¶X07. ix. Elizabeth Cunningham³ married twice. Her first husband was Joseph Kithcart. She married, second, John Galloway.
10. x. Anna Cunningham³ married Joseph Hutchinson.

X04. William Huston³

Children of William and Mary (Morrison) Huston, seven:

1. i. Jane Huston⁴ married Martin Ray.
2. ii. Marjera Huston⁴ born April 20, 1796; married Daniel Harper, Senior. Issue, one:
   1. 1. Eliza Harper⁵ married Finley McKee. Issue, one:
      1. i. David Mckee⁶ born August 13, 1856; married May Clarison Bute. Issue, three:
         1. 1. Florence Mckee⁷ born April 2, 1883.
         2. 2. Mary McKee⁷ born July 7, 1885.
         3. 3. Helen Mckee⁷ born October 22, 1891.
   2. iii. Joseph Huston4 born September 27, 1798; married Mary Ann Hazen. Issue, one:
      1. 1. Kezzy Clarissa Houston⁵ born 1827; died April 15, 1896; married James Cochran, born January 15, 1823; died March 26, 1894; lived at Dawson, Pennsylvania.
   3. iv. Polly Huston⁴ married William McMasters.
   4. v. William Huston⁴ born April 12, 1800; married Rebecca Hutchinson. Issue, three:
      1. Louis Huston⁵ 2. Eli Huston⁵ 3. Boyd Huston⁵
   5. vi. Agnes Huston⁴
   6. vii. Sarah Huston⁴ born November 14, 1802; married a Mr. Nesbet.

X05. Agnes Huston³

Children of William and Agnes (Huston) Moreland, eleven:

1. i. Marjory Moreland⁴ born April 25, 1778; married John Latimer, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
2. ii. Jane Moreland⁴ born July 29, 1781; married Samuel McDowell, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Issue, seven:
   1. 1. Nancy McDowell⁵
   2. 2. Samel McDowell⁵
   3. 3. William McDowell⁵
   4. 4. John McDowell⁵
   5. 5. James McDowell⁵
   6. 6. Sarah McDowell⁵
   7. 7. Susan McDowell⁵ born 493 1822; married a Mr. Watson. Issue, one:
      1. i. (Daughter) Watson⁶ married the Reverend R. L. Smith, of Grove City, Pennsylvania.
3. iii. Sarah Moreland⁴ born September 19, 1783; married Sample Ross.
4. iv. Agnes Moreland⁴ born April 15 1786; married John McClelland. Issue, ten:
   1. 1. Jane McClelland⁵
   2. 2. Sarah McClelland⁵ married a Mr. Smith.
   3. 3. Agnes McClelland⁵ married a Mr. Terree.
   4. 4. Mary McClelland⁵
   5. 5. Nancy McClelland5 married a Mr. Smith.
   6. 6. Martha McClelland⁵ married a Mr. Terree.
   7. 7. John McClelland⁵
   8. 8. Margaret McClelland5
   9. 9. Draper McClelland⁵
   10. 10. Alexander McClelland⁵
5. v. Mary Moreland⁴ born April 23, 1783; married James Hawkins, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Issue, eight:
   1. 1. William Hawkins⁵ married; name of wife not known to compiler. Issue, one
      1. i. Stephen Hawkins⁶
   2. 2. James II, Hawkins⁵
   3. 3. Rhoda Hawkins⁵
   4. 4. John Hawkins⁵
   5. 5. Jennie Hawkins⁵
   6. 6. Humbert Hawkins⁵
   7. 7. Lizzie Hawkins⁵ married a Mr. Henshaw.
   8. 8. Mary Hawkins⁵
6. vi. Alexander Moreland⁴ served in the war of 1812, under General Jackson; died at Mobile, Alabama, of yellow fever.
7. vii. William Moreland⁴ born July 5, 1792.
8. viii. Joseph Huston Moreland⁴ born April 7, 1795; married twice. He married, first, Susan Pratt, and had issue, seven:
   1. 1. Susan Pratt Moreland⁵ married William Ely. Issue, one
      1. i. William J. Ely⁶
   2. 2. John Moreland⁵
   3. 3. Elliza Moreland⁵
   4. 4. Jane Moreland⁵
   5. 5. Joseph Moreland⁵
   6. 6. Margeret Moreland⁵
   7. 7. Mary Moreland⁵

      Joseph Huston Moreland married, second, in 1852, Sarah Gilchrist. Issue, one:

   8. 8. Elizabeth Moreland⁶ married a Mr. Hackett, of Canton, Ohio. Issue, three:
      1. i. Christopher Hackett⁶ of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
      2. ii. Dr. George Sterwart Hackett⁶
      3. iii. Keota Hackett⁶ married a Mr. Hensel.
9. ix. Margaret Moreland⁴ born November 11, 1798; married Andrew Bryson. Issue, one:
   1. 1. Nancy Bryson⁵ married, in 1854, John Rankin, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Issue, two:
      1. i. Margaret Rankin⁶ married a Mr. Poundstone.
      2. ii. William Andrew Rankin⁶ married: name of wife not known to compiler. Issue, one:
         1. 1. Ralph L. Rankin⁷ of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
10. x. Captain John Moreland⁴ born July 4, 1800: married Priscilla Rogers, daughter of William and Nancy (Halliday) Rogers. (For issue, see Rogers Chapter.)
11. xi. David Moreland⁴ married Jane McCandless, of Washington County, Pennsylvania. Issue, four:
    1. 1. Agnes Moreland⁵
    2. 2. Margaret Moreland⁵
    3. 3. Sarah Moreland⁵ married Sample Armoure, of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
    4. 4. William Alexander Moreland⁵

X06. Mary Huston³

Children Of William and Mary (Huston) Cunningham, six:

1. i. William Cunningham⁴ born 1796; married Jane Ross. Issue, one: 1.Sample Ross Cunningham⁵
2. ii. Anne Cunningham⁴ married Hugh Torrance, a son of Hugh Torrance and his wife, who was a Miss Mckee. Removed to Iowa.
3. iii. Margery Cunningham⁴ married a Mr. Fishbourne.
4. ¶X08. iv. Joseph Cunningham⁴ married Jane Gault.
5. v. Nancy Cunningham⁴ Born October 20, 1803; died February 14, 1884. She married, in October, 1830, William Espy, Son of Hugh Espy, of County Down, Ireland, whose greatgrandson is W. Espy Albig, of New York City.
6. vi. Hugh Cunningham⁴ died young.

X07. Elizabeth Cunningham³

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Kithcart, ten:

1. i. Sarah Kithcart⁴ born December 28, 1792; died August 10, 1866. She married, September 5, 1812, William Andrews, who died October, 1840. Issue, eight
   1. 1. Mary Andrews⁵
   2. 2. Joseph Andrews⁵
   3. 3. Thomas Andrews⁵
   4. 4. Frank Andrews⁵
   5. 5 Elizabeth Andrews⁵
   6. 6. John Andrews⁵
   7. 7. Anna Andrews⁵
   8. 8. Sarah Andrews.⁵
2. ii. Anna Bell Kithcart⁴ born October 6, 1794; died june 26 1860; married, May 5, 1814, Thomas Andrews, died September 18, 1838. Issue, seven;
   1. 1. Joseph Andrews⁵ died June 19, 1869; a Presbyterian minister, of Wellsville, Ohio.
   2. 2. William Andrews⁵
   3. 3. Elizabeth Andrews⁵
   4. 4. Sarah Andrews⁵
   5. 5 John Andrews⁵
   6. 6. Thomas Andrews⁵
   7. 7. Mary Andrews⁵
3. iii. Thomas Kithcart⁴ born September 7 1796; died September 16, 1860; married, in 1818, Deborah Wright; lived at Ashland, Ohio. Issue, nine:
   1. 1. Joseph Kithcart⁵
   2. 2. Nathan Kithcart⁵
   3. 3. Elizabeth Kithcart⁵
   4. 4. John Kithcart⁵
   5. 5. Thomas Kithcart⁵
   6. 6. Sarah Kithcart⁵
   7. 7. Cunningham Kithcart⁵
   8. 8. Anna Kithcart⁵
   9. 9. Isiah Kithcart⁵
4. iv. Mary Kithcart⁴ born January 4, 1798; died July 31, 1823, January 25, 1816, Robert Andrews Sherrard. Issue, three:
   1. 1. Robert Sherrard⁵
   2. 2. Thomas Johnson Sherrard⁵
   3. 3. Mary Ann Sherrard⁵ married Joseph Welsh Hill. Issue, two:
      1. i. Robert Sherrard Hill⁶
      2. ii. Elizabeth Hill⁶ of Steubenville, Ohio.495
5. ¶X09. v. John Kithcart⁴ married Mary Crossland.
6. vi. Cunningham Kithcart⁴ born September 18, 1801; died June 3, 1876; married, in 1831, Jane Dunlap. Issue, nine:
   1. 1. Adam Kithcart⁵
   2. 2. Elizabeth Ann Kithcart⁵ married twice. Her first husband was Andrew Mitchell. She married, second, Daniel Parkinson. Issue, one;
   3. i. Mary Jane Parkinson⁶
   4. 3. Joseph Kithcart⁵ married Martha Yost.
   5. 4. Katherine Kithcart⁵ died in 1864.
   6. 5, Sarah Kithcart⁵ married John Bunkhurst.
   7. 6. Martha Ella Kithcart⁵ married John Henderson.
   8. 7. William Smilie Kirthcart⁵ married Martha Reynard.
   9. 8. James Thomas Kithcart⁵ married Mary Cole.
   10. 9. Margaret Kithcart⁵ married David Elliott.
7. vii. Joseph Kirthcart⁴ born December 14, 1803; died May 8, 1851; married ,in 18XX, Martha Bennett, who died July 2,1869. Issue, seven:
   1. 1. Cunningham Kithcart⁵
   2. 2. Rebecca Kithcart⁵ married Robert M. Dicky; died February 7, 1890. Issue, two:
      1. i. Martha Dicky⁶
      2. ii. Mary Dicky⁶
   3. 3. Joseph Kithcart⁵
   4. 4. Samuel Kirthcart⁵
   5. 5. Mary Elizabeth Kirthcart⁵ married J. Plumber Bracken. Issue, three:
      1. i. Dr. Joseph Bracken⁶
      2. ii. Walter Bracken⁶
      3. iii. Edith Bracken⁶
   6. 6. Sarah Laws Kithcart⁵ married twice. Her first husband was William Stier. She married, second, John A. Page.
   7. 7. Martha Helen Kirthcart⁵
8. viii. Betsy Kirthcart⁴ born March 6 1806; married, October 1, 1823, John Slonaker, issue, nine:
   1. 1. John Slonaker⁵
   2. 2. Joseph Slonaker⁵
   3. 3. Abraham Slonaker⁵
   4. 5. Barnett Slonaker⁵
   5. 6. William Slonaker⁵
   6. 7. Elizabeth Slonaker⁵
   7. 8. Sarah Slonaker⁵
   8. 9. Kezia Slonaker⁵
9. ix. Martha Kithcart⁴ born June 21, 1827, Smilie Sharon. Issue, seven:
   1. 1. William Joseph Sharon⁵
   2. 2. Sarah Sharon⁵
   3. 3. John Sharon⁵
   4. 4. Elizabeth Sharon⁵
   5. 5. Cunningham Sharon⁵
   6. 6. Alexander Sharon⁵
   7. 7. Martha Ellen Sharon⁵
10. x. Kezia Kithcart⁴ born April 26, 1812; died June 12, 1878; married in December, 1834, Elias Yost. Issue, eleven:
    1. 1. George Yost⁵
    2. 2. Mary Yost⁵
    3. 3. Rachael Yost⁵
    4. 4. Elizabeth Yost⁵
    5. 5. Martha Yost⁵
    6. 6. Sarah Yost⁵
    7. 7, Michael Yost⁵
    8. 8. Margaret Yost⁵
    9. 9. Hannah Yost⁵
    10. 10. Caroline Yost⁵
    11. 11. Catherine Yost⁵

X08. Joseph Cunningham⁴

Children of Joseph and Jane (Gault) Cunningham, five:

1. i. Mary Cunningham⁵ married John Sample. Issue, two:
   1. 1. Byron Sample⁶
   2. 2. Sarah Jane Sample⁶ married John K. McDonald, who was prothonotary of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1869-1872. Issue, one
      1. i. John Kelley McDonald⁷ married Betty Andrews and lives at Huntington Beach, California.
      2. ¶X10 ii. Matthew Cunningham⁵ married Lida Newcomer.
      3. iii. Sarah Jane Cunningham⁵ born October, 1834; died December 23, 1909; married, March 17, 1857, James S. Warden, born August 1, 1827; died February 18, 1905. Issue, four:
         1. 1. Robert Warden⁶ born April 8, 1858;died January 7, 1879.
         2. 2. Mary Jane Warden⁶ married James Elliott Andrews. Issue, three:
            1. i. James Roy Andrews⁷ died in 1883.
            2. ii. Jennie Andrews⁷
            3. iii. Joseph Paul Andrews⁷ married Marion Marquis. Issue one:
               1. i. Joseph Paull Andrews, Jr.,8 married Kate Wharton.
         3. 3. Edith Warden⁶ lived at Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
         4. 4. Eugene Warden⁶ married Pleasie Gleasner. Issue, three:
            1. i. James B. Warden⁷
            2. ii. Catherine Warden⁷
            3. iii. Eugene C. Warden⁷
      4. iv. William Cunningham⁵ died February 3, 1866, at Salisbury, North Carolina; served in company K, 211 the Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, at Petersburg, Virginia, November 17, 1864.
      5. v. Margery Fishbourne Cunningham⁵ married Benjamin Jennings. Issue, four:
         1. 1. Claudine Jennings⁶ married Wilbour Van S. Barnette, and lived in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
         2. 2. Edward D. Jennings⁶ married Opal Long.
         3. 3. Leonard Weaver Jennings⁶
         4. 4. Ethel Jennings⁶ married Edward E. Weaver.

X09. John Kithcart⁴

Children of John and Mary (Crossland) Kithcart, two:

1. i. Catherine Kithcart⁵ married a Mr. Dutton. Issue, two:
   1. 1. Elizabeth Dutton⁶
   2. 2. James Dutton⁶
2. ii. Joseph Kithcart⁵ born October 13, 1803; married, May 7, 1846, Elizabeth Sherrard, his cousin, born October 13, 1823. Issue, nine:
   1. 1. John Albert Kithcart⁶ born November 9, 1847; practiced law in Steubenville, Ohio;497 married, December 26, 1871, Sarah Jane Bigger. Issue, five:
      1. i. Nancy Sherrard Kithcart⁷
      2. ii. Joseph Bigger Kithcart⁷
      3. iii. Mary Helen Kithcart⁷
      4. iv.Elizabeth Jane Kithcart⁷
      5. v. William Albert Kithcart⁷
   2. 2. Robert Sherrard Kithcart⁶ born May 24, 1850; married Jennie Newby. Issue, three:
      1. i. Margaret Kithcart⁷
      2. ii. Paull Kithcart⁷
      3. iii. Percy Kirthcart⁷
   3. 3. Henry Cunningham Kirthcart⁶ born September 13, 1852; married Elizabeth Gregg.
   4. 4. Mary Kirthcart⁶ born June 16, 1855; married James Orr. Issue, one: 496 i. Velma Orr⁷
   5. 5. Emma Kithcart⁶ born October 26, 1857.
   6. 6. Elizabeth Kithcart⁶ born November 9. 1858; died September 20, 1886; married Watson Walker. Issue, two:
      1. i. Louella Walker⁷
      2. ii. Earle Walker⁷
   7. 7. Anna Catherine Kithcart⁶ born February 10, 1861; married Oliver Cleaver. Issue, one:
      1. i. Frank D. Cleaver⁷
   8. 8. Jessie Bertha Kithcart⁶
   9. 9. Martha Ella Kithcart⁶

10. Matthew Cunningham⁵

Children of Matthew and Lida (Newcomer) Cunningham, nine:

1. i. Charles Cunningham⁶ born January 2, 1862: died March 6, 1914; married Nannie Jennings, who died March 3, 1897. Issue, three:
   1. 1. Roy Cunningham⁷
   2. 2. James Cunningham⁷
   3. 3. Bernice Cunningham⁷
2. ii. William Daton Cunningham⁶ born July 19, 1864; died May 31, 1900; married Emily Boyd, born February 2, 1878. Issue, four:
   1. 1. Eloise Cunningham⁷ born September 4, 1899.
   2. 2. Dorris Cunningham⁷ born August 24, 1902.
   3. 3. Ruth Cunningham⁷ born May 7, 1906
   4. 4. William Cunningham⁷ born April 12, 1912.
3. iii. James Warden Cunningham⁶ born August 28, 1865; died July 13, 1887, in Nebraska having been struck by Lighting.
4. iv. Joseph Byron Cunningham⁶ born September 23, 1867; married Ida Leasure, born May 5, 1866. Issue, five:
   1. 1. Edith Cunningham⁷ born 1890; died December 31,1821; married John Lucky. Issue, two:
      1. i. John Jacob Lucky.8
      2. ii. (Daughter) Lucky.8
   2. 2. Nelly Cunningham⁷ born 1892; married Frank Walter Jones.
   3. 3. Clifford Cunningham⁷ born 1897
   4. 4. Edgar Cunningham⁷ born 1900.
   5. 5. Jessie Cunningham⁷ born 1903
5. v. Richard H. Cunningham⁶ born January 16, 1869; died June 3, 1919; married Annie Rike. Issue, five:
   1. 1. Claudine Cunningham⁷ born 1895.
   2. 2. Bessie Cunningham⁷ born 1896.
   3. 3. Zillah Cunningham⁷ born 1899.
   4. 4. Harry Cunningham⁷ born 1903.
   5. 5. Donald Cunningham⁷ born 1913.
6. vi. Judson Cunningham⁶ born February 18, 1874; died November 30, 1910; married Jessie M. Miller, born August 2, 1881; died 1924. Issue, one:
   1. 1. Henrietta Cunningham⁷ February 24, 1912.498
7. vii. David Orville Cunningham⁶ born April 15, 1875; died December 20, 1920; married, September 6, 1904, Jennie Runser. Issue, two:
   1. 1. Hazel Cunningham⁷ born 1906.
   2. 2. Hilda Cunningham⁶ born August 8, 1879.
8. viii. Harry C. Cunningham⁶ Born August 8, 1879.
9. ix. Carl Clayton Cunningham⁶ born February 6, 1880; died January 28, 1910; married Ethel Bragg. Issue, two:
   1. 1. Melvin Cunningham⁷ born 1906.
   2. 2. Ruth Cunningham⁷ born 1909.

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